snowpack

Warm, breezy weather continues across the Four Corners with highs well above normal. Snowpack remains low at about 54% of median.

A little more than an inch of precipitation fell on Cortez in February. And about three dozen people convened in Cortez’s Veterans Park on Sunday for what was called an Angry Knit-In.

Warm temperatures up to 20 degrees above normal and low snowpack could raise fire weather concerns across the Four Corners this week.

Colorado's state climatologist said long-range forecasts are also not signaling a 'Miracle March.'

Colorado Parks and Wildlife has begun selling 2026–2027 fishing licenses and is inviting anglers to a public meeting in Granby as regional snowpack sits well below average.

North Fork High School students and community leaders role-play drought decisions in a water planning game as Colorado faces low snowpack and Colorado River uncertainty.

Below average snowfall this year is hurting the ski industry's bottom line in the Rocky Mountains, as resorts work to get guests on the slope with less snow. CSU Professor Michael Childers says this should prompt long-term thinking about climate change and the ski industry.

The Fetcher ranch in northwest Colorado is on the frontlines this year of record-low snowpack across the West. It's adding a sense of urgency among seven states to finalize a plan for how to conserve the dwindling Colorado River.

An unusually warm and dry January has pushed much of the western U.S. into one of the worst snow droughts in decades, with record-low snowpack raising concerns for water supplies and wildfire risk.

New World screwworm and Asian longhorned ticks threaten livestock as the Southwest faces megadrought, low snowpack, and declining Colorado River water levels.